Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

24 reviews

littki's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Slavery, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Grief, Incest, Torture, and Vomit

nathalie_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death of parent, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Excrement, Drug use, Alcohol, and Child death

lisavandonselaar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death and Gaslighting

Minor: Slavery

polarhime's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape

nandakandabooks's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

While the voice actor did a great job I barely finished this book due to the plot.
It was finished only because it was sth. to listen to during walks.
Plot quite predictable and no suprises on my side.
I liked the concept and the shadow animals but I am not intruged to continue with the series.
Also it continued quite some unecessary detailed sex and cruelty scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Slavery, Sexual content, Vomit, Rape, Grief, and Death

jesus_d's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Torture, Racial slurs, and Vomit

emmjay's review

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The excessive footnoting can get a bit too clever and I can’t say I disagree with the “magical boob job” criticisms and the way the stakes are significantly lowered when someone capable of healing all wounds and injuries is introduced, but all in all I loved this book. I love our heroine and how she walks the line between morally gray and not. She’s also legitimately clever, not just a protagonist the author repeatedly tells us is clever. Several moments in the book made me gasp out loud with surprise. This book is VERY dark and gorey but stays just shy of gorey for gores-sake. Deep world building and I look forward to the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Torture and Animal death

Minor: Slavery and Sexual violence

ienbdri's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Murder, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Gore, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Vomit

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual violence, and Addiction

0nessie's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Slavery, Sexual content, Death of parent, Torture, Murder, Blood, Addiction, Death, and Violence

dragonaion's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

USA said it well, 

"Harry Potter meets The Lies of Locke Lamora."

And from my 5 star review of The Lies of Locke Lamora, I say that Nevernight is absolutely a story-sibling to Lynch's work while standing on its own and is a fantastic read. I devoured half the book in a day and am already shouting at Amazon to "take my money!" for the sequels.
For those who haven't read Lynch's book (which you should, if you enjoy Nevernight), this is a story of the brotherhood (and sisterhood!) of thieves, love in the dark, knowing what the dark is, and how to walk in Her shadow. Not for the faint of heart, this is a brilliant magical fantasy that will remind you of The Elder Scroll's Night Mother and Daedric Prince Nocturnal with every word. It is brilliant, emotional, tangible, and had me almost crying at a few spots.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse and Slavery

Minor: Sexual assault, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury